[AI hype companies are] selling the idea that doing things is worthless.

Long, but very good read about hype, that the author calls Whatever.

Brilliant research into making stepped gradients with CSS. Looking forward to an easier implementation, one day,

Zeer uitgebreid artikel over Malcolm X

A few extra arguments against LLMs. Mostly a personal answer/rant to an earlier article, and mostly pointing out flaws in the argumentation. For instance, that something was bad 6 months ago doesn't mean it’s good now. The same argument was used 6 months ago by the same people. Comparing people to large organisations when it comes to copyright Anonymous examples The fact that something gets attention doesn’t mean it’s as good as stated: see apps, crypto, etc. The fact that CEOs want us to use it, same thing, and even worse, because CEOs etc

Shocking article about the ‘hysterical obedience’ in Germany:

very common in Germany, that to be law-abiding means not merely to obey the laws but to act as though one were the legislator of the laws that one obeys.

Your brain is less active when you use tools instead of just your brains. Not very shocking. Rather obvious.

Natural colours, coloured landscape in Amsterdam

Interesting case where a new feature is added to software because chatgpt tells people it exists while it doesn’t

The fascinating idea that time moved slower in right after the big bang

Brilliant and wonderfully written article which says that everybody who doesn’t use a microwave for all their cooking is missing out.

Bovendien is het moeilijk voor te stellen hoe radicale gelijkwaardigheid eruitziet, het is onbekend terrein. Ik weet ook niet hoe een wereld zonder uitbuiting eruit zou zien, maar de huidige wereldorde leidt tot oorlog en geweld, dus het is het onderzoeken waard.

Very useful, extensive guide. Many points apply to other fields of design as well.

Creating a tool to execute the idea means innovation. Compromising the idea to the tool leads to stagnation.

I should sit down one day with some colleagues and write a similar useful guide to bad web design.

Oof, what.

Excellent resource about the UX of specific HTML elements in different screenreaders.

Fantastic collection of different times. Very inspiring

When people say it’s hard to leave insta or whatever, this is a good link

A simple, understandable and affordable font licence

Brrrr, date in javascript is even worse than I thought. Ridiculous.

Hilariously detailed article about hacking a vacuum cleaner.

RIP sparkles emoji

This is an incredible resource: many (really, many) words that letter-professionals use explained in quite a few languages. Wow!

Tool for better audio control on Mac

PNG got an update with HDR as the most important update (I guess)

Geweldig verhaal over een geweldige kerel. Onder andere over dat zaken doen niet per se alleen maar over zoveel mogelijk geld verdienen gaat. Wat een fantastische kerel, wauw.